The previous night, Zenon had scouted out features in the area and told us to plan on seeing the …
Continue readingA Poland Family Adventure. Day 6. AHA! moment.
Attractions near Poznan, like the Sroda Treasure museum and Beekeepers museum were not open the following day so we …
Continue readingA Poland Family Adventure. Day 5. Confession with a translator? No way!
We drove south from Bydgoszcz to reach the Iron Age site of Biskupin. On a very foggy Sunday morning …
Continue readingA Poland Family Adventure. Day 4. Our hearts beat a little faster- the beginning of search for ancestors.
The city tour was over. Bright and early Zenon appeared to begin the drive through rural Poland. Driving the …
Continue readingA Poland Family Adventure. Day 3. Museum of the Polish Devil.
After breakfast this day, Slav took us for a nearby walk to the tomb of the unknown soldier. It …
Continue readingA Poland Family Adventure. Day 2. Discovering Warsaw.
Slav met us bright and early the next day and after breakfast we hit the street wearing our walking …
Continue readingA Poland Family Adventure. Day 1. Arrival in Warsaw and exploring the city.
My husband, Conrad and I left Michigan on a Monday night, flying to Frankfurt, Germany on Lufthansa airlines. That …
Continue readingA Poland Family Adventure. Travel arrangements.
My family’s first immigrant ancestors arrived in America in the mid-1860s from a village in the northwest part of Poland …
Continue readingTracing the Obiala and Samelko families. Day 9. Kiermusy, Treblinka and last day in Warsaw.
As we spent our last night in Kiermusy, we sat and reflected on the journey and how we felt about …
Continue readingTracing the Obiala and Samelko families. Day 8. Touring in Tykocin and Biebrza National Park.
Another busy day as we played tourist in the morning. Toured the town of Tykocin which is near Kiermusy. This was …
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